FEATURED: McAllen City Commissioners Pepe Cabeza de Vaca (in white long sleeve shirt), Víctor “Seby” Haddad (in red shirt) next to him, and J. Omar Quintanilla (in red shirt, to the right of Haddad) hand out gifts during the 20th Annual Christmas for Kids Toy Giveaway on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at the McAllen Public Safety Building and Municipal Park. The event, which draws as many as 8,000 youngsters plus their parents/ guardians, has featured DHR Health as one of its major financial sponsors since it began.
FEATURED: Billy Calzada, a photojournalist and FAA Part 107 drone pilot with the San Antonio Express-News, was making photographs with a drone on July 24, 2018, of the aftermath of a fatal apartment fire when he was approached by ATF agents and the San Marcos police and told to stop the activity because it was illegal. Lawyers for the National Press Photographers Association sued the state of Texas seeking to overturn the law, and won on Monday, March 28, 2022.
FEATURED: Palmhurst Mayor Ramiro J. Rodríguez, Jr., 68, who had been mayor of that community for more than than 23 years, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. His death was announced by U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo.
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Prisciliano “J.R.” Treviño, Executive Director, Hidalgo Economic Development Corporation, and Ángela Santana and Luis Flores, owners of Perro Cafe, 1016 Jackson Road in Hidalgo. They were participating in ribbon-cutting ceremonies of the new business on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. https://cityofhidalgo.net/economic-development-corporation.
Photograph Courtesy CITY OF HIDALGO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FACEBOOK
FEATURED, FROM LEFT: Mario Lizcano, Administrator of Corporate Affairs, DHR Health, and Pharr Mayor Dr. Ambrosio Hernández, a pediatric (general) surgeon, also serves as Member, Board of Managers, DHR Health, as Chief Compliance Officer, DHR Health, and as Medical Director of Surgical Services, Driscoll Children’s Hospital in the Rio Grande Valley.
FEATURED: Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, one of the coauthors of Senate Bill 8. Senate Bill 8 provided roughly $13.3 billion from money received by the state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund. Both of those funds were established under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Senate Bill 8 went into effect on Monday, November 8, 2021.